Julapun Proposes Expanding Section 33 Social Security Coverage

Matichon•Politics•1d ago

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Minister of Labour Julapun Amornvivat proposes extending Social Security Section 33 coverage to previously excluded occupational groups.

•Minister of Labour Julapun Amornvivat announced the proposal on August 25.
•The Ministry of Labour is proposing an Emergency Decree to include agricultural workers, street vendor employees, and domestic workers under Section 33.
•The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security is proposing a Bill to protect victims of domestic violence.
•Thailand is preparing to join the Global Coalition for Social Justice.

•Minister of Labour Julapun Amornvivat announced that the Ministry of Labour is proposing an Emergency Decree to expand Social Security Section 33 coverage to employees in cultivation, forestry, and animal husbandry, street vendor employees, and domestic workers.
•If the Emergency Decree is approved by the Cabinet and the Council of State, the workers will be able to enter the social security system approximately 180 days after publication in the Royal Gazette.
•Minister of Labour Julapun Amornvivat stated that the new coverage will involve contributions from employers, employees, and the state to provide life security.
•An ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM) involving ASEAN countries plus China, Japan, and South Korea is being held at the Dusit Thani Hotel.
•Thailand intends to drive an AI Framework during its two-year term as the chair of the ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting to manage risks to labor security and welfare.
•The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security is proposing a Bill to protect victims of domestic violence, expanding definitions of violence to cover physical, mental, sexual, and economic dimensions.
•Under the proposed domestic violence law, domestic violence cases will become non-compoundable offenses with penalties proportional to the violence and the condition of the victim.

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Julapun Amornvivat(จุลพันธ์ อมรวิวัฒน์)ℹ️

Minister of Labour who proposed the expansion of Social Security Section 33 coverage.

Ministry of Labour(กระทรวงแรงงาน)ℹ️

The ministry proposing the Emergency Decree to expand social security coverage and joining the Global Coalition for Social Justice.

Ministry of Social Development and Human Security(กระทรวงพม.)ℹ️

The ministry proposing the Bill to protect victims of domestic violence.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(องค์การเพื่อความร่วมมือทางเศรษฐกิจและการพัฒนา)ℹ️

An organization whose Deputy Director General is attending the ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting.

International Labour Organization(องค์กรแรงงานระหว่างประเทศ)ℹ️

An organization whose Director General is attending the ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting and initiated the Global Coalition for Social Justice.

Global Coalition for Social Justice(ภาคีเครือข่ายด้านความเป็นธรรมทางสังคมระดับโลก)

A global network initiated by the International Labour Organization that Thailand seeks to join.

Cabinet(คณะรัฐมนตรี)

The government body responsible for approving the proposed Emergency Decree and the domestic violence Bill.

Office of the Council of State(สำนักงานคณะกรรมการกฤษฎีกา)ℹ️

The body that reviews the Emergency Decree before its publication in the Royal Gazette.

Emergency Decree on the Expansion of Social Security Coverage Section 33(พ.ร.ก.ขยายความคุ้มครองผู้ประกันตน มาตรา 33)

Proposed law to include agricultural workers, street vendor employees, and domestic workers in the social security system.

Protection of Victims of Domestic Violence Act(พ.ร.บ.คุ้มครองผู้ถูกกระทำด้วยความรุนแรงในครอบครัว)

Proposed law to cover physical, mental, sexual, and economic violence and make such crimes non-compoundable.

Dusit Thani Hotel(โรงแรมดุสิตธานี)ℹ️

The venue for the ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting.

AI Framework

A framework Thailand intends to drive to manage the impact of AI on labor security and welfare.